Science created by crowds: a case study of science crowdfunding in Japan
Authors : Yuko Ikkatai, Euan McKay, Hiromi M. Yokoyama “Science crowdfunding” is a research funding system in which members of the public make small financial c...
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Post-publication peer review in biomedical journals: overcoming obstacles and disincentives to knowledge sharing
Authors : Valerie Matarese, Karen Shashok The importance of post-publication peer review (PPPR) as a type of knowledge exchange has been emphasized by several a...
The Open Revolution : Rewriting the rules of the information age
Author : Rufus Pollock Forget everything you think you know about the digital age. It’s not about privacy, surveillance, AI or blockchain—it’s about ownership. ...
The Impact of Open Educational Resources on Various Student Success Metrics
Authors : Nicholas Colvard, C. Edward Watson, Hyojin Park There are multiple indicators which suggest that completion, quality, and affordability are the three ...
Reviewing the review process: Investigation of researchers’ opinions on different methods of peer review
Author : Carolin Anna Rebernig Peer review is considered the gold standard of scientific publishing. Trust in the traditional system of editor – blind-reviewer ...
Use of Twitter in Spanish Communication Journals
Authors : Victoria Tur-Viñes, Jesús Segarra-Saavedra, Tatiana Hidalgo-Marí This is an exploratory study on the Twitter profiles managed by 30 Spanish Communicat...
Universalizing science: alternative indices to direct research
Authors : Ari Melo Mariano, Maíra Rocha Santos Measurement is a complicated but very necessary task. Many indices have been created in an effort to define the q...